Add 'Open with Notepad' to Right Click Menu

Here’s a quick video tip for adding an Open with Notepad to the right click context menu.
 

  1. Open the registry editor (regedit.exe)
  2. Navigate to the following key:  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*Shell
  3. Create a new key and name it Open with Notepad
  4. Right click on the newly created key and create another key named command
  5. Double-click the Default setting in the right pane and type:  notepad.exe %1

Note:  You can replace notepad.exe with your favorite editor’s full path.  I use Notepad2 from Flo’s Freeware
If you don’t want to screw around with the registry, you can download and merge the OpenWithNotepad.reg file.  Simple download and double-click on the file.

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Rich

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